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Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.

Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.

Stan Kelly-Bootle
Funny Inspirational, Technology, Compromise

Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing.

Stan Kelly-Bootle
Computer, Plumbing, Computer Science
Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press

Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.

Stan Kelly-Bootle
Astrology, Numerology, Study
Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press

Committee, n.: A group of people that, when given the task of deciding whether to start array indices from either 0 or 1, compromises to declare that they are to start from 0.5.

Stan Kelly-Bootle
People, Groups, Tasks

There are three things a man must do before his life is done; Write two lines in APL, And make the buggers run.

Stan Kelly-Bootle
Running, Writing, Men
Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.12, MIT Press

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